>«0Sr4, Ol\ Brownfields 1996 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet PKOV v Shre veport, LA EPA Brownfields Initiative EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustain ably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On January 1 1, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields P^vitalization Act. Under the Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Background EPA selected the City of Shreveport for a Brownfields Pilot. Shreveport (1990 Census population 193,525) is the state's third largest city and is located at the crossroads of major rail and highway systems that transport large volumes of hazardous materials. During the regional decline of the oil industry in the 1930s, Shreveport lost 10,000 jobs, many ofthem located in the older inner-city industrial area. The inner city contains hundreds of acres of industrial sites that lie vacant due partly to the presence or threat of contamination. Fear of environmental liability due to brownfields contamination is impeding redevelopment, increasing urban blight, and causing businesses to locate in prime agricultural areas outside the city. The urban core, designated a local empowerment zone (EZ), had an unemployment rate of 20 percent and a poverty rate of 40 percent in 1995-96. The area has been chosen for the federal National Performance Preview program to demonstrate a comprehensive strategy for enhancing delivery of federal support to troubled neighborhoods. In 1995-96, citywide unemployment was 10.6 percent, 24 percent of families were living in poverty, and 47 percent of the population was composed of minorities. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 06/13/1996 Amount: $200,000 Profile: The Pilot targets the abandoned industrial sites within the city's empowerment zone. Contacts For farther information, including specific grant contacts, additional grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site (http: //www. ep a. go v/brownfi el d s). EPA Pv.egion 6 Brownfields Team (214) 665-6730 EPA Pv.egion 6 Brownfields Web site (http: //www. ep a. go v/regi on6/b rown fi el ds) Grant Recipient: City of Shreveport,LA (313) 673-7660 Obj ectives The overall objective of the Pilot is to increase the economic and environmental viability of Shreveport's urban core neighborhoods. This will be accomplished by formalizing partnerships between the city and other organizations concerned with economic and environmental revitalization; implementing environmental assessments at specific properties; promoting brownfields redevelopment opportunities; leveraging resources to attract federal, state, and private Sands; and coordinating business, educational, neighborhood, and other activities to achieve the overall objective. Activities The Pilot has: • Established a Brownfields Advisory Committee to enable participation by all stakeholder groups in the Brownfields Initiative; • Identified and inventoried more than 300 potential brownfields sites using a geographic United States Environmental Protedicn Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste arc! Emergency Response (5105T) EPA500-F-01 -331 Jul 01 ------- information system (GIS); • Completed Phase I and/or II environmental assessments at 4 of the 16 targeted properties (following Pilot assessments, the Allen/Ashton and Kings Highway properties were determined to require no cleanup activities); and • Helped sponsor "Louisiana Brownfields Day." The event was dedicated to highlighting brownfields economic development opportunities for legislators, government officials, developers, and others interested in brownfields redevelopment. The Pilot is: • Exploring legal, financial, and technological options for brownfields cleanup, planning, and redevelopment; • Educating the community about brownfields problems and opportunities in the targeted area; and • Providing a forum to develop community-based strategies for long-term brownfields cleanup and redevelopment. Leveraging Other Activities Experience with the Shreveport Pilot has been a catalyst for related activities, including the following: • Redevelopment activities are underway at six properties. • Ninety-five new redevelopment jobs were created. • A total of $16.3 million in redevelopment dollars was leveraged for the HICA Steel Foundry and Festival sites. • EPA awarded Shreveport a $350,000 Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund grant. • EPA selected Shreveport for a Brownfields Job Training Pilot grant. • EPA provided Shreveport with a $200,000 supplemental assistance brownfields assessment grant in 2000. The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. The cooperative agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response(5105T) EPA 500-F-01-331 Jul 01 ------- >«0Sr4, mo* Brownfields 1996 Supplemental Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet City of Shre vep ort, LA EPA Brownfields Initiative EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustain ably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On January 1 1, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Pvevitalization Act. Under the Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Background EPA awarded the City of Shre vep ort supplemental assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot and additional funding for assessments at brownfield properties to be used for greenspace purposes. Shreveport (population 193,525) is the state's third largest city and is located at the crossroads of major rail and highway systems that transport large volumes of hazardous materials. During the regional decline ofthe oil industry in the 1930s, Shreveport lost 10,000 jobs, many of them located in the older inner-city industrial area. The inner city contained hundreds of acres of industrial sites that remained vacant due in part to the presence or threat of contamination. The urban core, designated a local Empowerment Zone, had an unemployment rate of 20 percent and a poverty rate of 40 percent in 1995-1996. The supplemental assistance Sands will be used to continue to prepare downtown brownfields sites for re development-at the Biomedical Pv.es ear ch Foundation InterTech Area and other neighborhoods to be targeted. In addition, the supplemental assistance will be used to prepare the Cross Bayou area for reuse as greenspace with trails and parks. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000 Amount: $150,000 $50,000 for Greenspace Profile: City o f Shre vep ort, LA The Pilot targets two brownfields in the Biomedical Pv.esearch Foundation InterTech area, will identify other neighborhoods to target for redevelopment, and will help prepare the Cross Bayou area for reuse as greenspace. Contacts For farther information, including specific grant contacts, additional grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site (http: //www. ep a. go v/brownfi el d s). EPA Pv.egion 6 Brownfields Team (214) 665-6730 EPA Pv.egion 6 Brownfields Web site (http: //www. ep a. go v/regi on6/b ro wn fi el ds) Grant Pvecipient: City of Shreveport,LA (313) 673-7660 Obj ectives Shreveport's goal is to create healthy, safe, and sustainable communities through public-private partnerships and community participation in all brownfields cleanup and revitalization activities. The Biomedical Pv.esearch Foundation InterTech area, a tar get for thi s sup pi em ental as si stan ce, i s p art o f the city's revitalization strategy. Greenspace proj ects will complement the overall brownfields initiative and will primarily be targeted at the Cross Bayou Corridor, which was a core neighborhood targeted in the original Pilot. To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to: • Perform Phase I and II environmental assessments on two properties in the InterTech area: United States Environmental Protedicn Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste arc! Emergency Response (5105T) EPA500-F430-047 •apr 00 ------- • Identify and conduct environmental assessments on other priority brownfields; • Expand the Geographical Information System (GIS) database for a comprehensive inventory of brownfields across the city; and • Perform Phase I and II environmental assessments on properties at the Cross Bayou area to prepare the site for reuse as greenspace with trails and parks. The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. The cooperative agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response(5105T) EPA 500-F-00-047 Apr 00 ------- >«0Sr4, mo* Brownfields 1996 Supplemental Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet Shreveport, Louisiana EPA Brownfields Initiative EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustain ably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On January 1 1, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields P^vitalization Act. Under the Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Background EPA awarded Shreveport supplemental assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot. Shreveport (population 193,500) is the state's third largest city and is located at the crossroads of major rail and highway systems that transport large volumes of hazardous materials. During the regional decline ofthe oil industry in the 1930s, Shreveport lost 10,000 jobs, many of them located in the older inner-city industrial area. The inner city contains hundreds of acres of industrial sites that lie vacant due to the perceived threat of contamination. Fear of environmental liability is impeding redevelopment, increasing urban blight, and causing businesses to locate in prime agricultural areas outside the city. The urban core, a federal Empowerment Zone (EZ), has an unemployment rate of 20 percent and a poverty rate of 40 percent, approximately double the citywide rates. The objective of the Pilot is to increase the economic and environmental viability of Shreveport's urban core neighborhoods. This is being accomplished by formalizing partnerships between the city and other organizations working toward revitalization; implementing environmental assessments at specific properties; promoting brownfields redevelopment opportunities; leveraging resources to attract federal, ctofo onrl fimrlo- on d rnn duett tin niitroor-li tn Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 06/13/1996 Amount: $150,000 Profile: The Pilot plans to conduct assessments of 43 acres in the InterTech area, which is slated for redevelopment as a medical science and research park. Contacts For farther information, including specific grant contacts, additional grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site (http: //www. ep a. go v/brownfi el d s). EPA Pv.egion 6 Brownfields Team (214) 665-6730 EPA Pv.egion 6 Brownfields Web site (http: //www. ep a. go v/regi on6/b ro wn fi el ds) Grant Recipient: City of Shreveport,LA (313) 673-7660 Obj ectives The city will use the supplemental assistance to conduct Phase I and Phase II assessments at two sites in the city's InterTech Area, which is in one of the oldest urban neighborhoods surrounding the city center. The area almost ceased to exist as an industrial area after 1969. Many of the buildings are abandoned or run down. P^development plans are to convert the area into a planned medical science and research park. Activities Activities planned as part of this Pilot include: • Completing Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments at two sites comprising 43 acres in the InterTech area; • Conducting Phase I environmental site assessments at up to seven additional priority sites; • Updating and maintaining the city's brownfields United States Environmental Protedicn Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste arc! Emergency Response (5105T) EPA500-F-02-105 May 02 ------- °|-"LV? "ilV* f11* *""""5 ml" WllUMVUllg u"uy"v business, educational, neighborhood, and other organizations. database; and Continuing outreach and community involvement activities. The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. The cooperative agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response(5105T) EPA 500-F-02-105 May 02 ------- |